| Rock moated site and medieval village | |
| Coordinates: | 52.3372°N -2.3939°W |
| Gbgridref: | SO 733 711 |
| Location: | Worcestershire |
| Designation1: | Scheduled monument |
| Designation1 Date: | 21 July 1992 |
| Designation1 Number: | 108658 |
Rock moated site and medieval village is an archaeological site, including a deserted medieval village, in Worcestershire, England, near the village of Rock and about south-west of Bewdley. It is a Scheduled Monument.
Rock in medieval times is known to have been larger than it now is: in 1328, Henry de Ribbesford, who held Rock, had a grant of a weekly market and of a yearly fair on the feast of St Margaret and two days following.
A moat was usually created as a status symbol, around a domestic or religious building, rather than for practical defence. The reason for this moat is not known. In a description of the village in 1924, for the Victoria County History series, it was thought to be possibly the site of a cattle enclosure.[1]
The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Rock dates from the 12th century, with additions during the 14th century and restoration in the late 19th century.[1]
The moated enclosure lies immediately south-east of the church. It measures north to south and west to east; the ditch is about deep with a bank on its outer edge. Halfway along the west side is an original entrance wide. The space enclosed is about ; the uneven ground there indicates that there are buried features.
Adjacent to the north-east is the site of a medieval settlement; it has been ploughed in recent times, but evidence remains of streets, orientated north-west to south-east, and homesteads of the village.